OK, I fabricated a surfboard from recycle materials; card board and shopping bags. I called this monstrosity ďRecycle This!!Ē

The board is a little heavy, no really heavy, but it handles reasonably well. Iím working on getting air but I havenít pulled off a full Ollie. Recycle This!! wonít be the first board that I Ollie, thatís for sure. At 24 pounds its a bit hard to coax into a lip slide.

The top deck is a bit slippery, that makes handling even more difficult. Though this board is not going to be a top performer Iíd like to make it a little easier to ride. Iíd like to add some traction pads. If the board wasnít so slippery I think I could lip slide and maneuver a little more aggressively.

Iím not real familiar with traction pads. Iíve been looking at Stiky Bumps pads. They look like they are for the very back of the board. I think I need more traction for the center for the board as well. What range of traction pad options exist?

We didn't get any riding pictures at Norris, here are pictures from a little more than a week ago.

This was from the first ride of the season We didn't have the wake dialed in very well.

Not too fast - slow down That's good It's an easy riding board Float Lip slide attempt Here's the best proof I have that Recycle This can be surfed - 50 F water my feet got a little red and numb but the dry suit kept me toasty

Grocery bags, cardboard, and gallons of resin. One of the guys that I work with is a polymer chemist, Iím going to enlist his help for another try next fall. I learned a lot on this build and have ideas to make improvements.

Rode the board again today with the traction. The traction helps a lot.

I placed the traction so the Korgerís logos could still be seen. I was worried that the back traction was too far back. I was riding with my back foot forward of the rear pad. I think I need to add a little more traction forward of the rear pad.